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Meanings of diverting in English

Providing enjoyment; pleasantly entertaining.

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Examples for "fun"
Examples for "fun"
1
Instead, fun means deliberately manipulating a familiar situation in a new way.
Wired
2
Family reading Children can have fun by joining in family reading activities.
The South African
3
What kids today need is a fun way to learn scientific concepts.
Wired
4
So it was actually a really great night, it was really fun.
Radio NZ
5
It's fun, but I also really believe in the power of stories.
The South African
1
I've recently played an amusing new party game called Which Minister Said?
The Irish Times
2
Sabina smiled, pleased that he found their situation amusing rather than irritating.
A fare to remember: just whistle\driven to distraction\taken for...
3
But the dream was amusing; I was in no haste to wake.
The Helmet of Navarre
4
I found an amusing example on the label of a popular antacid.
Wicca Spellcraft For Men
5
At one level this is amusing polemic and is perhaps best ignored.
The Irish Times
Usage of diverting in English
1
But diverting limited supplies away from farming towards industry carries political risks.
Reuters
2
In the meantime, fuel cells are diverting resources from more immediate solutions.
Wired
3
That is diverting money away from crucial public services like the NHS.
The Guardian
4
It was a lot more diverting than thinking of this as work.
The Laughing Corpse
5
Former supporters may be diverting dollars to other causes following Hurricane Katrina.
The Irish Times
6
It serves the purpose of diverting attention from the party's internal wrangling.
The South African
7
The fright which the elections caused to the bourgeois has been diverting.
The George Sand-Gustave Flaubert Letters
8
The magnificent egoism of mankind in love struck her as distinctly diverting.
The History of Sir Richard Calmady: A Romance
9
To most observers this might seem a mildly diverting or comical detail.
The Irish Times
10
Magnolia blushed, indicating the level of his success in diverting the conversation.
A match made in texas
11
Three local hospitals had been diverting patients because they were swamped too.
The Guardian
12
She would be marshalling certain events in their just and diverting order.
Somewhere in Red Gap
13
It's not quite clicking, this, but it's diverting enough all the same.
The Guardian
14
With plenty of time on his hands, Will found the escapade diverting.
Secret of the seventh son
15
It is diverting to rip them in the calm of one's study.
A Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago
16
For the spectacle of a row on Olympus is diverting and destructive.
Public Opinion
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Diverting through the time
Diverting across language varieties
Ireland
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Less common